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News
Updated August 13, 2013 - 11:21 PM EDT
Palestinian Prisoners Freed as Court Nixes Appeal
 
  Kerry: All Israeli Settlements Are Illegitimate
  Settlement Announcements Shows Israel Not Interested in Negotiations
Lawmakers on Obama: Too Little, Too Late on NSA
 
  Amash: Intel Committee Withheld Key File Before NSA Vote
  Former NSA Boss Equates Transparency Activists With al-Qaeda
  Q&A: Edward Snowden Speaks to Peter Maass
US Could Exploit Trade Deal to Expand Spying
 
  Germany Denies Phone Data Sent to NSA Used in Drone Attacks
  US, Germany to Negotiate 'No-Spy' Agreement
CIA Claims Syria Top 'Threat,' US Making It Worse
 
  As Iraqi al-Qaeda Surges Into Syria, the War Changes
  US Concerned as Syrian Opposition Urges 'Unified' Rebel Army
Drone Strikes in Yemen Show Flaws of US Strategy
 
  Does the US Pay Families When Drones Kill Innocent Yemenis?
Egypt Junta's Cairo Crackdown 'Postponed'
 
  What's the Matter With Egypt's Liberals?
Northern and Eastern Iraq Attacks: 45 Dead, 127 Wounded
NATO Rebrands 'Insurgents' as 'Enemies of Afghanistan'
Viewpoints
Michael Hayden, Bob Schieffer, and the Media's Reverence of National Security Officials  by Glenn Greenwald
The US-Russian Cold-Shoulder War  by Robert E. Hunter
What It Means To Be an NSA 'Target'  by Mark Rumold
American Drone Attacks Could Provoke Terrorism in Yemen  by John Glaser
What Were These Wars All About?  Thomas Woods interviews Pat Buchanan
A Terrorist Haven in Syria?  by Paul R. Pillar

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Spying on Everyone
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Inside the Decision to Shut Down Silent Mail
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Kerry on Visit to Rankled Colombia, Brazil Defends NSA Surveillance Programs
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Syria
Syrian War Shapes Trip by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Syrian Rebel Leader Visits Assad Family Homeland
Anti-Assad Syrian Star Performs in West Bank
Israel/Palestine
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Israeli Pain, Palestinian Joy Over Inmate Release
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Iraq
Northern and Eastern Iraq Attacks: 45 Dead, 127 Wounded
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Yemen
AQAP Chief Vows to Free Jailed al-Qaeda Members
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Middle East
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In Bahrain, a US Prisoner's Dilemma
Europe
Gibraltar Row: UK Considering 'Unprecedented' Legal Action
French Muslims Fear Surge in Attacks by Far-Right Militants
 
India/Pakistan/Kashmir
Amid LoC Firing, Pakistan Threatens to Cut Mission Staff
Pakistan Accuses India of Shelling, Killing Man
Pakistan: Indian Forces Violate Ceasefire 3rd Time in a Day at LoC
1,657 Polling Stations for Pakistan By-Polls Declared 'Highly Sensitive'
'Afghan Cyber Army' Launch Attacks on Pakistani Websites
UN Offers to Broker Peace on Kashmir
India Test-Fires Nuclear-Capable Prithvi-II Missile
Afghanistan
US Watchdog Slams Afghanistan Aid Waste
Defense Announces End to Australian Combat Duties in Afghanistan in 2014
The Dead Afghan's Tale: How Afghanistan's Poorest Bear the Brunt of the War
Asia
Muslims Close Sri Lanka Mosque After Buddhist Unrest
5 Uighurs Sentenced in China for Attack
Cambodia: Turmoil as Opposition Rejects Election Results
Egypt
Sinai Is the Egyptian Military's Achilles' Heel
'We Are Prepared to Die' – Life in Cairo's Islamist Tent City
Libya
400 Surface-To-Air Missiles Were Stolen From Libya During the Benghazi Attack, Says Whistleblowers' Attorney
Libya: More Violent, Unstable, and Uncertain
North Africa
Tunisia Bombs Islamist Militants in Mountain Hideouts
Warrant Issued for Algeria Ex-Minister
Africa
Suspected Islamic Militants Kill 44 at Mosque in Nigeria; Another 12 Slain in Separate Attack
Ibrahim Boubacar Keita Wins Mali Presidential Election
Zimbabwe Rejects Report on Iran Uranium Sales
Peru
Peru President Says High-Ranking Shining Path Members Killed
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Mexico
7 Killed, 9 Wounded When Gunmen Attack Family at Home in Violent Western Mexican State
 
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8/12/2013
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8/13/2013
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